bí​zǔ

earliest ancestor

  • created reference approved 鼻祖 → 始祖 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鼻祖 bí​zǔ

    始祖 shǐ​zǔ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鼻祖 · bí​zǔ · earliest ancestor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鼻祖

    bí​zǔ

    earliest ancestor

    the earliest ancestor or originator of a tradition, school of thought, or field of activity

    鼻 (literal) → 鼻 · bí · beginning 祖 (literal) → 祖 · zǔ · founder

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense